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vessels are made applicable to vessels documented under this section 

 only to such extent and upon such conditions as may be required by 

 regulations of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

 Guard is operating: Provided^ That in determining to what extent 

 those laws should be made applicable, due consideration shall be given 

 to the primary purpose of transporting commodities essential to the 

 national defense. 



(d) The Secretary of Commerce without regard to the provisions 

 of section 5 of title 41 may repair, reconstruct, or recondition any 

 vessels to be utilized under sections 196-198 of this title. The Secre- 

 tary of Commerce and any other Government department or agency 

 by which any vessel is acquired or chartered, or to which any vessel 

 is transferred or made available under sections 196-198 of this title 

 may, with the aid of any funds available and without regard to the 

 provisions of said section 5 of title 41, repair, reconstruct, or recon- 

 dition any such vessels to meet the needs of the services intended, 

 or provide facilities for such repair, reconstruction, or reconditioning. 

 The Secretary of Commerce may operate or charter for operation 

 any vessel to be utilized under sections 196-198 of this title to private 

 operators, citizens of the United States, or to any department or 

 agency of the United States Government, without regard to the pro- 

 visions of sections 1191-1204 of title 46, and any department or agency 

 of the United States Government is authorized to enter into such 

 charters. 



(e) In case of any voyage of a vessel documented under the pro- 

 visions of this section begun before the date of termination of an 

 effective period of section 196 of this title, but is completed after such 

 date, the provisions of this section shall continue in effect with respect 

 to such vessel until such voyage is completed. 



(f) Wlien used in sections 196-198 of this title, the term "docu- 

 mented" means "registered," "enrolled and licensed," or "licensed." 



Delegation of Functions 



The following Treasury Department Order 167-14 (19 F.R. 8026) 

 was issued by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury under date of 

 November 26, 1954 : 



By virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of the Treasury 

 by Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950 (15 F.R. 4935), there are 

 hereby delegated to the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, with author- 

 ity to redelegate, the functions vested in the Secretary of the Treasury 

 by section 3(c) of Public Law 569, 83d Congress, approved Au- 

 gust 9, 1954 (68 Stat. 675, 676) with respect to the inspection of for- 

 eign merchant vessels acquired and operated under this act and the 

 making of determinations to what extent the laws covering the 

 inspection of steam vessels shall apply to such vessels. 



Vessels Navigating Irondequoit Bay 



46 U.S.C. 365 



Irondequoit Bay, New York, shall, for the purpose of applying the 

 provisions of title 52 of the Revised Statutes, relating to steam vessels 



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